The yellow-naped amazon parrot<\/strong>, native to coastal regions from southern Mexico to northern Costa Rica, is currently hovering on the brink of extinction. This is due in part to habitat loss caused by agricultural development, as well as heavy poaching into the illegal pet trade throughout Central America. In the 1990s, almost 100% of known nests in southern Guatemala were poached. A 2016 survey of the species\u2019 population yielded a count of only 1,682 birds in Costa Rica and Nicaragua combined<\/a>, a sharp decline since the previous survey in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the few remaining areas where the yellow-naped amazon (called lora de nuca amarilla<\/em> in Spanish) can still be found is the Paso del Istmo<\/em> (Passage of the Isthmus<\/a>). It is a narrow bridge of land in Central America between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific coast, and it\u2019s currently the only habitat in which the parrot population<\/strong> isn\u2019t declining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead, conservation programs<\/a> led by organizations like Paso Pac\u00edfico, One Earth Conservation, and Loro Parque Fundaci\u00f3n near Lake Nicaragua have helped to stabilize the local yellow-naped amazon population\u2014and as of 2020, the numbers were even showing signs of increasing. In the same year, these efforts helped a record number of 39 fledglings graduate from the nest to independence in Nicaraguan forest lands.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some of the strategies<\/a> that have helped to accomplish this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Continuing efforts to save even more yellow-naped amazon parrots include forming a national conservation plan in collaboration with El Salvador\u2019s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An excellent way to help save endangered species like yellow-naped amazon parrots is to support conservation organizations. Paso Pac\u00edfico<\/strong> is accomplishing important steps in protecting<\/a> these beautiful and intelligent birds. In fact, Paso Pac\u00edfico is heavily credited<\/a> with conservation successes in the Paso del Istmo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At Paso Pac\u00edfico<\/strong><\/a>, our mission is to create wildlife corridors that safeguard biodiversity while connecting people to their land and ocean. Our goal is to restore and conserve Mesoamerica’s Pacific Slope ecosystems. The threatened mangrove wetlands, dry tropical forests, and eastern Pacific coral reefs are among these ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All conservation programs<\/a> at Paso Pac\u00edfico benefit directly from your donations<\/a>. These include education programs that teach children the principles of biology, ecology, and environmental citizenship. Contact us<\/a> today! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yellow-Naped Amazon Numbers Are Declining in Most Habitats The yellow-naped amazon parrot, native to coastal regions from southern Mexico to northern Costa Rica, is currently hovering on the brink of extinction. This is due in part to habitat loss caused by agricultural development, as well as heavy poaching into the illegal pet trade throughout Central […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife-conservation","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6450,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions\/6450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Efforts to Increase the Parrot Population in Paso del Istmo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Help Increase Yellow-Naped Amazon Parrot Populations with Paso Pac\u00edfico<\/h2>\n\n\n\n